Lotus_Rayne's Personal Name List
Briar
Gender:
Masculine
&
Feminine
Usage:
English (Modern)
Pronounced:
BRIE-ər
(
American English
)
BRIE-ə
(
British English
)
From the English word for the thorny plant.
Cecily
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
English
Pronounced:
SEHS-ə-lee
English form of
Cecilia
. This was the usual English form during the Middle Ages.
Eliza
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
English, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian
Other Scripts:
ელიზა
(
Georgian
)
Pronounced:
i-LIE-zə
(
English
)
eh-LEE-za
(
Polish
)
EH-lee-zaw
(
Hungarian
)
Short form of
Elizabeth
. It was borne by the character Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play
Pygmalion
(1913) and the subsequent musical adaptation
My Fair Lady
(1956).
River
Gender:
Masculine
&
Feminine
Usage:
English (Modern)
Pronounced:
RIV-ər
(
American English
)
RIV-ə
(
British English
)
From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water. The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin
ripa
"riverbank".
Seija
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Finnish
Pronounced:
SAY-yah
Derived from Finnish
seijas
meaning
"tranquil, serene"
.
Viveka
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Swedish
Swedish form of
Vibeke
.
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